Uganda, May 10 -- While preparing for this column, I tried to find out why school uniforms were introduced but couldn't find anything conclusive. What I gathered is that there needed to be a form of i... Read More
Uganda, May 3 -- In his heyday, the Good African coffee honcho, Andrew Rugasira, was quite popular on Kampala's conference speaking circuit. He was - and rightly so - the authority on doing business i... Read More
Uganda, April 26 -- Some have argued for a while now, that corruption is the glue that holds the sitting government together. Take it away and the thing will collapse. It is hard to argue against that... Read More
Uganda, April 12 -- Nearly every Ugandan entrepreneur has a story about their first interaction with the taxman - the Uganda Revenue Authority. It is very rarely a happy one. No "Congratulations on op... Read More
Uganda, April 5 -- In the period leading up to Easter of 2012, together with a couple of friends, we spent our time mobilizing supplies to deliver to two orphanages. That effort would turn into the or... Read More
Uganda, March 29 -- Last October, in Colorado, I attended a small private dinner. The guest list was mostly pensioners. I was the only Ugandan [African] in the room, so I got "that look" when I introd... Read More
Uganda, March 22 -- On the night of June 6, 2009, a car pulled up to the gate of Mengo Hospital and a young man was dumped from it. He was writhing in pain and bleeding heavily from what looked like g... Read More
Uganda, March 15 -- Back when I was a student at university, sports betting was just starting to get a foothold in town. It wasn't as ubiquitous as it is today and hadn't pervaded the informal sector ... Read More
Uganda, March 8 -- In the wee hours of the night of December 5, 2023, a peculiar robbery happened in Muyenga Bukasa. The home of the ruling party's National Treasurer, who also doubles as Uganda's Amb... Read More
Uganda, March 1 -- In her book, "In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz" Michela Wrong takes readers into a full-on immersion of Mobutu Sese Seko's Zaire. One of the key things she shares is the conundrum that... Read More